The state senator, facing trial
in a campaign spending case,
says he was unaware a
report was due

By Crystal Kua
Star-Bulletin

State Sen. Marshall Ige -- already awaiting trial on misdemeanor charges of campaign spending violations -- will likely be fined $50 for not filing his most recent campaign spending report by last Friday's deadline.

Ige said yesterday that he didn't know about the deadline and didn't realize he had missed it until he was asked about the status of his disclosure by the Star-Bulletin.

The report for the period, covering Jan. 1 through June 30, includes contributions received by candidates and expenditures paid by the campaign.

Ige said he received contributions during that period but that the process of detailing each contribution in the report is time-consuming, which is why he may not be able to get the report to the commission until some time today.